Publication Date:
2008-12-06
Description:
Iglesias-Rodriguez et al. (Research Articles, 18 April 2008, p. 336) reported that the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi doubles its organic matter production and calcification in response to high carbon dioxide partial pressures, contrary to previous laboratory and field studies. We argue that shortcomings in their experimental protocol compromise the interpretation of their data and the resulting conclusions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Riebesell, Ulf -- Bellerby, Richard G J -- Engel, Anja -- Fabry, Victoria J -- Hutchins, David A -- Reusch, Thorsten B H -- Schulz, Kai G -- Morel, Francois M M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 5;322(5907):1466; author reply 1466. doi: 10.1126/science.1161096.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. uriebesell@ifm-geomar.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19056960" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Atmosphere
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*Calcification, Physiologic
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*Carbon Dioxide
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
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Oceans and Seas
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Photosynthesis
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Phytoplankton/growth & development/*physiology
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Research Design
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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